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No. 2. 

 When ivas it at the highest, and how long did the extreme fury of 



it last ? 

 E. At 2.30 a. m. it was at its height, but several houses had 

 been unroofed prior to that hour. 



J. R. B. It was at the highest at from 2 to 3 A. m. the extreme 

 fury lasting about one hour. 



B. My house suffered most before 2 a. m. 



M. At its highest from 12.30 to 2.30 it blew furiously the 

 whole time. 



No. 3. 



Did it veer oftener than once while it was heaviest, or was it steady 



then at one point ? 



E. It struck me that the wind veered right round more than 



once, and was never steady except at the S. E. point, from which it 



always blew with great fury. 



J, R. B. During the height of the hurricane, it appeared to 

 veer slowly and steadily from S. E. to South. 



M. It blew from the East for one hour and then veered par- 

 tially. 



No. 4. 

 Were the changes veerings or shif tings, that is, gradual or sudden ? 

 E. I think in some cases sudden, but not from one point to its 

 directly opposite point at once. 



J. R. B. Veering I believe throughout. 

 B. Gradual. M. Gradual. 



No. 5. 

 Was there any interval of calm when at the highest? 

 E. None. M. No. 

 J, R. B. I believe not. 



B. One native report sent to me from Raojun* mentioned that 

 the storm ceased for about half an hour there soon after midnight, 

 and then began again ; but the writer of this report was not at 

 Raojun during the storm ; he heard this from the members of his 

 family there when he went to see them a few days afterwards. 



* Thirteen miles N. 42° East from the station of Chittagong by the Revenue 

 Survey map, as reduced for Rushton's Directory. 



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